Jamie

Creative Practice

I am a multidisciplinary creative – a poet, writer, director and theatremaker. My creative practice explores questions of the body, automation and cyborgism, care, mortality, the past, memory and nature.

I won the Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund Theatremaker of the Year in 2021. Jerwood Arts also awarded me a Jerwood Poetry Fellowship in 2021-22. I was shortlisted for the Sky Arts Awards for Theatre in 2025.

My creative practice is multidisciplinary. I have had poetry published in Rialto, Magma, and by Verve Poetry Press (Shield, my first pamphlet). My poetry and spoken-word show, NOT DYING / Quality of Life is Not a Measurable Outcome has been staged at Glastonbury, the Barbican, the Roundhouse, HOME Manchester, and internationally. As a director, I have directed at the Barbican Centre, HOME Manchester, on an international Telepresence project, at UCL, and more.

I am working on my first full poetry collection. I am also writing a book of essays, and two books of guidance for emerging directors. Alongside this, I am developing a large-scale Romeo and Juliet with the University of Sheffield. I am also researching barriers to the literature sector with Spread the Word.

As a disabled creative, I am interested in the barriers disabled people face in building sustainable arts careers. I offer workshops on the topic, as well as career, process and practice mentoring for disabled creatives developing their careers and reimagining their creative practice. I am also available for commissions across poetry, essay, journalism and playwriting. To find out more, just contact me.